A heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2026! 🎓 Yesterday, we celebrated SVA’s 51st annual Commencement, marking a major milestone for our graduates as they officially join the @svanycalumni community.
A sincere thank you to everyone who brought this day together—our dedicated faculty, staff, organizers, and the families who supported our students every step of the way. We are incredibly proud of everything this class has accomplished.
Take a look back at the day with these exceptional photos captured by faculty member Joseph Sinnott (@CrucibleofJoe ). Stay tuned for our full Commencement 2026 recap, expanded photo galleries, and the livestream replay.
#SVACommencement #SVAGraduation #SVAalumni #ClassOf2026 #DesignLegends #SVANYC #SVA
Congrats, SVA Class of 2026!!
What a fantastic day at Radio City Music Hall. We are so incredibly proud of everything this cohort has achieved. Now, it’s time to go forth, forge your own paths, and take over the creative world! 🌍🎨
Relive the magic or catch the highlights at sva.edu.
Congratulations once again to our newest alumni! Keep creating, keep daring, and don't forget to tag your walk across the stage with #SVAGraduation. @svanycalumni
Live from Radio City Music Hall! 🗽 SVA’s 2026 Commencement is about to begin (11:30am ET)
Tune in to the livestream and celebrate our creators, designers, thinkers and soon-to-be creative leaders here:
👉 https://sva.edu/life-at-sva/campus-life/commencement (LINK IN BIO too)
Congrats, grads! Use #SVAGraduation to share your view from the crowd! 🎉 #SVA2026 #SVawesome #SVAcommencement #SVANYC
The Big Day is Almost Here
Tomorrow, the Class of 2026 officially takes the stage! We are counting down the hours until Radio City Music Hall is filled with our graduates. Honestly? We’re mostly just waiting to see those matching fits. 🤩
To the soon-to-be alumni: get those caps and gowns ready. We can’t wait to celebrate everything you’ve accomplished.
Featuring @LunaLemony 🍉 and @vidz_byv .
Don't forget to use the hashtag #SVAgraduation in your stories and posts so we can follow the celebration and share your best looks!
#SVA #Commencement #Graduation2026 #ArtSchool #SVANYC #SVAgraduation
The "Season Finale" is finally here. 🎓✨
Tomorrow, the Class of 2026 takes over Radio City Music Hall for the 51st annual SVA Commencement. It’s been a journey of late nights, brilliant breakthroughs, and unforgettable memories—and we are so incredibly proud of every one of you.
Tag your photos and videos with #SVAgraduation so we can follow along and share your big moments! 📸
Feat. @LunaLemony 🍉 and @vidz_byv
#SVA2026 #Commencement #RadioCity #AnimeEnding #Graduation2026 #SVANYC
Time really flies 🥲 (feat. @Lunalemony 🍉 and @v_mbrown19 )
The School of Visual Arts' 51st annual Commencement Exercises are scheduled for Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 11:30am at Radio City Music Hall.
Use the hashtag #svagraduation so we can see your personal celebration! 🎓👩🎓🧑🎓👨🎓🎊🎉
#commencement #graduation2026 #artschool #svanyc
Proud to share that my senior thesis project City of Misfits has been selected as a winner of the 2026 SVA Alumni Scholarship Award ✨
Being recognized by the @svanyc for a project that is so personal to me truly means a lot. City of Misfits is a surreal reimagining of New York City where humans and monsters coexist, inspired by identity, emotions, and the beauty of people who feel different or misunderstood.🧩
This scholarship will help me continue expanding the world and push the project even further, and I’m incredibly grateful for everyone who has supported me throughout this journey. Thank you so much to the SVA Alumni Society judges, SVA BFA Illustration Department @svaillocomx , the department chair @viktor_koen , and my thesis professor @liskfeng for all the guidance and support throughout this project. Thank you as well to my classmates, friends, and everyone who believed in my work along the way ❤️
Also very excited to be featured by SVA on SVA Today! Thank you Rodrigo for the article! 🤸♀️
https://sva.edu/features/meet-2026-sva-alumni-scholarship-winner-crystal-bao
#schoolofvisualarts #Illustration #illustrator #artistfeature #EmergingArtist
2 DAYS AWAY! Join MFA DSI’s Thesis Show, May 12, to learn about Wenxin Yang’s, Between Care and Self. Between Care and Self, in partnership with the Chinese American Nurses Association, is an AI-assisted language tool for Chinese nurses in New York that creates space for articulating lived experiences at work through non-clinical, experience-based prompts.
RSVP today at the link in bio.
#socialdesign #socialimpact #nycdesign #design #cana
Whether it be essays or special effects makeup, good luck on your finals! You’re almost there! (Featuring Carl Paolino’s TV & Movie Makeup class)
#finalsweek #moviemakeup #specialeffectsmakeup #artschool #svanyc
Today’s SVA newsletter names VCS student @natastrat one of “Five SVA Community Instagrams to Follow in May”. We agree! Check out her incredible work. @svanyc@svanycalumni #visualcritical #art #livingartist #instagram #nyc
Join MFA DSI’s Thesis Show, May 12, to learn about Steven (Yifeng) Zhang’s, Queens Commute Atlas. Queens Commute Atlas is a civic mapping project that documents transit burden in Queens, New York. The Atlas maps and synthesizes rider-submitted commute stories of delays, crowding, safety, and unreliable service into collective evidence for more connected and equitable transit.
RSVP today at the link in bio.
#socialdesign #socialimpact #nycdesign #design #queenslink
